tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post5691013439377916219..comments2016-12-07T09:55:35.913-05:00Comments on the joy of sox: Beltre's Ejectionallanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-66173349068984323522010-08-30T17:50:25.887-04:002010-08-30T17:50:25.887-04:00I was very encouraged to find this site. I wanted ...I was very encouraged to find this site. I wanted to thank you for this special read. I definitely savored every little bit of it including all the comments and I have you bookmarked to check out new stuff you post.irishpoetryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09150307652060281747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-66936662525345030052010-08-27T00:34:36.612-04:002010-08-27T00:34:36.612-04:00Crew chief Joe West had no comment on the incident...<i>Crew chief Joe West had no comment on the incident</i><br /><br />Well, what a fucking surprise. This coming from some asshole who mimed to Papelbon to &quot;hurry up&quot; by tapping his wrist with his forefinger, during game 1 of the doubleheader.<br /><br />This douchebag is a real champ, its a shame he and Angel are bringing down future umpires with them.<br /><br />But hey - I know one sports ref, and let me tell you, its a culture of &quot;I&#39;m right, you&#39;re wrong - fuck you&quot; - never argue with an umpire. I guess you could say its a very conservative personality base. Close-minded as fuck.timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12041184236514293677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-26398821204110294022010-08-26T22:59:03.501-04:002010-08-26T22:59:03.501-04:00Shoulda heard Old Hickory going off on the umpires...Shoulda heard Old Hickory going off on the umpires during the NESN postgame show. &quot;I hope I never see Dan Bellino a Major League game ever again.&quot; (paraphrasing)<br /><br />But he made the same point you made, that MLB always stands behind the umpires and also showed his distaste for umpires - especially rookie umps - going out there and trying to make a name for themselves.<br /><br />Well he did make a name for himself: Umpire Douche Bag.Ishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14809080115678512743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-133597863017606722010-08-26T19:59:04.853-04:002010-08-26T19:59:04.853-04:00Wow. After reading this account I am truly incense...Wow. After reading this account I am truly incensed. I was a little peeved last night, believing that Beltre couldn&#39;t possibly have said anything bad enough to warrant the ejection after that much time. But to find out that he wasn&#39;t even talking to the ump, AND that he was just joking around, not bellyaching, well that just blows me away.<br />There is NO excuse for affecting a game the way he did on absolutely defenseless grounds. He shouldn&#39;t ump another game all season if you ask me. And the rest of the crew, who refused to do what they should have done to correct the situation, should be held accountable in some fashion as well.SoSockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15982944966573089279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-77574593827162104922010-08-26T17:26:04.101-04:002010-08-26T17:26:04.101-04:00Happens to rookie teachers all the time: they are ...Happens to rookie teachers all the time: they are so keyed up, so afraid of losing control, so insecure that they take a nothing as a something, back themselves into a hopeless corner (&quot;NO recess for the whole class for the rest of the year!!!&quot;) and then either have to live with the intolerable consequences of their own silliness or back off and try to find some way to regain respect and self-respect.<br /><br />The latter course is the right one but takes the balls, especially in a hierarchy based on &quot;I-am-right-by-definition.&quot;johngoldfinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09322562737172405323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-20246800353671271152010-08-26T15:52:06.484-04:002010-08-26T15:52:06.484-04:00Granted, the Sox missed opportunities to win last ...Granted, the Sox missed opportunities to win last night, but the ejection of Beltre (and Francona) due to a misunderstanding by a rookie umpire was pure bull. Bellino should face disciplinary action for creating a situation that wasn&#39;t there.FenFanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02348863925130603048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-84855931119658061542010-08-26T13:52:19.063-04:002010-08-26T13:52:19.063-04:00It is amazing to me that MLB protects the umpires ...It is amazing to me that MLB protects the umpires the way they do by not making them man-up and face questions. <br /><br />I will be shocked if we get a statement from MLB. And if we do, it will be just that, a statement. No questions, no give and take, just a statement.Mrs.GotRibehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01678705548275884344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-37917767397907523692010-08-26T13:13:36.113-04:002010-08-26T13:13:36.113-04:00More sad, unprofessional behaviour by an umping cr...More sad, unprofessional behaviour by an umping crew led by Joe West. But any bets this episode doesn&#39;t get nearly the play in the Boston media that the failed Damon resurrection did? After all, how can calling out Joe West improve NESN ratings or help Ace Tickets in their legal scalping endeavours?Woti-wotihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10275164807141705059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-39774056182965895732010-08-26T12:58:14.307-04:002010-08-26T12:58:14.307-04:00On the radio during Beltre&#39;s at-bat at the end...On the radio during Beltre&#39;s at-bat at the end of the 2nd inning, Castig was talking about how Beltre and Hernandez were friends and that they had some kind of bet going last night - Beltre saying he&#39;d go deep; Hernandez that he&#39;d strike Beltre out three times.<br /><br />Cafardo <a href="http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2010/08/26/sox_should_stick_with_their_best/" rel="nofollow">thinks</a> that the Sox lost last night because Francona gave Wake the spot start, further cementing my impression that nothing he writes is really worth reading.Tom DePlontyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04131969835612594121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-38430420885930823472010-08-26T11:32:04.890-04:002010-08-26T11:32:04.890-04:00Joe West and Angel Hernandez on the same umpiring ...Joe West and Angel Hernandez on the same umpiring crew? wow - nobody could ever accuse MLB of not having a sense of humour, however twisted it may be...Iainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02658266412586831578noreply@blogger.com